The body of a missing 67-year-old male from Salt Lake County was recovered from Starvation Reservoir this week. The Utah DNR Division of Law Enforcement shares that “at approximately 10:00 p.m. on March 18th, a report was made of a missing person regarding an adult...
Sadly, but not surprisingly, the wildfire season seems to be off to an early start. Utah Fire Info announced on Wednesday a new wildfire start in Duchesne County, south of Upalco. The Revola Dugway Fire was estimated at 10 acres at the time of the Utah Fire Info...
Highway 40 in Fort Duchesne was closed for several hours on Tuesday due to a brush fire dubbed the East Ute Plaza Fire. Fort Duchesne Police Department shared after 4pm that there was a massive field fire south of Ute Petroleum/Ute Plaza. They asked the public to...
A tragic fatal accident north of Dutch John has been reported by Wyoming Highway Patrol. According to Wyoming Highway Patrol PIO Arron Healy, the fatal accident occurred at Mile Post 547 on US 191 early Sunday morning. An SUV was on a righthand curve when the vehicle...
Two people are dead after a box truck traveled into their lane of travel on Highway 40 near Strawberry Reservoir on Saturday afternoon. According to Utah Highway Patrol, an eastbound box truck was drifting to the side of the road when it overcorrected causing it to...
A woman in Duchesne County with active statewide warrants was arrested last week and received an additional charge thanks to her methamphetamine stash. According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, officers arrived at the residence and informed Jina Tinnin of her...
A traffic stop ended in arrest in Uintah County earlier this month. According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, a vehicle was pulled over for speeding and the officer approached the vehicle and observed a meth pipe in plain sight. The driver, identified as Donald...
An arrest was made after a theft was observed at the Stewart’s Marketplace in Roosevelt. According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, employees observed a male, later identified as Trevor Phillips, place items into a shopping basket and walk past all points of sale...
The car of a missing Utah woman has been located in a remote area of Carbon County but there’s no sign yet of the woman herself. Vernal was among the known stops that 70-year-old DeEtte Spencer made during the last week of January as she was headed to Colorado to...
Traffic had to be diverted on Highway 40 in Duchesne City and beyond while crews addressed a serious crude oil leak that stretched for miles last week. According to Utah Highway Patrol, a crude tanker had some sort of malfunction and spilled a large amount of crude...